Tag: amateur dramatics

Sleeping Beauty – 29 December 2017, Sheffield City Hall It’s four days after Christmas, which only means one thing in the world of theatre, panto season, so I was delighted to be in the audience for Manor Operatic Society’s annual pantomine at Sheffield Hall, which this year is the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. The […]

The School for Scandal – 13 November 2017, Ecclesall Parish Hall, Sheffield This evening we travelled back to the 18th century to attend the full dress rehearsal of The School for Scandal, the first ever performance we have seen by Ecclesall Theatre Company. The comedy of manners, written and published by Irish playwright Richard Brinsley […]

Goodnight Mister Tom – 17 October 2017, Sheffield Library Theatre ***** One of my favourite children’s book and my mum’s favourite ever television adaption, I was delighted to be in the audience for the opening night of Tudor’s Players and the Sheffield amateur theatre premier of Goodnight Mister Tom. One of the most uplifting stories […]

West Side Story – 20 September 2017, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield ***** Considered one of the best musicals of all time, I was delighted to be in the audience for Splinters Theatre Group’s performance of West Side Story on at the Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield until 23 September. Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story is […]

Brief Encounter – 16 May 2017, Sheffield Library Theatre ***** Although I have never seen the film of Brief Encounter, I know so many references from the it that I feel like I do, so I was delighted to be in the audience for the opening night for the Tudor Players 50th anniversary year production […]

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – 10 May 2017, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield ***** As a fan of both musicals and stories of cons, I was delighted to be in the audience for the opening night of the South Yorkshire premier of a show that combines the two, Southey Musical Theatre’s production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, at the […]